Joy is quite a topic…Is it an emotion, a main goal of a happy life? Is it the opposite of despair? Do you (does one) yearn for it, go after it – give up on it, even care at all? At my dance class yesterday, Joy was our focus. Not the kind of perky, turn your lips up and...

As I write this, the Gaelic festival of Imbolc has literally just begun. It is also just after Groundhog Day and the Christian festival of Candlemas. I find that these holidays share a common theme: Hope. The feature image I chose for this post shows Snowdrops, also called Candlemas Bells, and they are said to symbolize...